Calendar 2002–03

PostgraduateStudies •Medicine 297 co ncep ts, pr in ciples, sk ills and app lication s of epidemiolog y, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. The programme is a continuation of the PostgraduateDiploma Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, aiming to broaden students’ perspectives and offer more in-depth training. Cou rses Offered 1. EpidemiologyI 2. Biostatistics I 3. EpidemiologyII 4. Biostatistics II 5. EpidemiologyIII 6. BiostatisticsIII 7. AdvancedCourseinEpidemiology 8. Writing of Research Thesis 9. Advanced Selected Topics in biostatistics 10. AdvancedBiostatistics I 11. DataCollection Methods 12. Selected TopicsinEpidemiology andEvidence-basedHealth Care 13. AdvancedBiostatistics II 14. Data Collection andAnalysis for Research Thesis I 15. Data Collection andAnalysis for ResearchThesisII 16. Writing up of Thesis and Presentation ofResults MS c Prog ramme in Health Education and Health Promotion The programme aims at enabling graduates to: 1. Assessindividualand communityneedsfor healtheducation and health promotion 2. Plan effective health educationand health promotion programmes 3. Implementhealth education programmes 4. Evaluatetheeffectivenessof health education andhealth promotion programmes 5. Corordinate provisions for healtheducation and health promotion services 6. Actasresourceperson in health education (A) Core Modules 1. Epidemiology andApplied Statistics,Demography, Health and Social Indicators 2. ProfessionalSkills in HealthEducation andHealth Promotion 3. Professional Practice ofHealth Education andHealth Promotion (B) Elective Module 1. Health Promoting SchoolProgramme OR 2. CommunityHealth Promotion Programme and ‘HealthyCities’ Project OR 3. Patient SelfManagement Education (C) Project under Supervision Postg raduate Diploma Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Part-time) Fields of Sp ecialization Evidence-based medicine or health care emphasizes the need to base decision- mak ing on ev iden ce. Evidence required for h ealth car e pr actices inclu des